From ‘Modern Warfare’ To ‘GI Jeff’: The Best Theme Episodes From ‘Community’, Ranked

Communityis definitely “the little show that could,” managing to secure six seasons (and maybe more?) despite being under-watched and under-appreciated. The show is famous for its layered and meta humor (except for the gas leak season), and that spirit was always most evident in Community‘s theme episodes. Some worked better than others; for example, let us never speak of season four’s sci-fi convention spoof ,”Conventions of Space and Time.” But despite some missteps, most of the genre episodes were hilarious and brilliant send-ups that also showed a great deal of affection for the material being satirized, so lets show some affection to the greatest theme episodes from Community in ranked order.

When I saw the Video Game episode was the last episode on the list, I was about to cry foul… but then you see all of the great episodes this show has had and realize how tough it must have been to rank them at all. #andamovie

Please excuse me while I hate myself for arguing over a stupid internet ranking listicle:

A) “Regional Holiday Music” deserves a way better ranking based solely on Annie’s “teach me how to understand christmas” routine (which, while mocking the infantilization / objectification of women, did a really good job of doing the exact opposite) and Britta’s “me so christmas! me so merry!”

B) Remedial Chaos Theory at 4?! That’s one of the best sitcom episodes ever, full stop. Never mind that it’s the best Community episode ever.

C) Actually, G.I. Jeff should have been last. That episode kind of sucked.